Halsted B. Vander Poel Campanian collection - Calisphere

Series V. New editions of early archaeological publications on Pompeii, 1796-1989
Series V.N. Research on Wilhelm Zahn, Die schönsten Ornamente und merkwürdigsten Gemäld...
INVENTORY OF THE HALSTED B.
VANDER POEL CAMPANIAN
COLLECTION, circa 1570-1997
Series V.N. Research on Wilhelm Zahn, Die schönsten Ornamente und
merkwürdigsten Gemälde aus Pompeji, Herculanum und Stabiae , 1828-1859,
1963-1969, undated
Physical Description: 3.2 linear feet
Scope and Content Note
Wilhelm Zahn (1800-1871) was an architect and painter, who spent the years 1824-1827
in Italy. A substantial part of this time was spent at Pompeii studying and drawing the
frescoes. His work Die schönsten Ornamente was published in six parts from 1828 to
1859 and reproduced the paintings and decorative moldings of Pompeii. It was meant to
be used as a pattern book for designers and as such has drawbacks for scholars. The
reproductions of the paintings are very accurate in the details, but sometimes figures are
transposed and the precise original location of a painting is rarely given.
Vander Poel had prepared his "Apparatus" for Zahn, essentially an unpublished
manuscript of additions of bibliography and provenance information for each plate in
Zahn. Also included here are Vander Poel's earlier research materials, that is copies of his
cataloging sheets and photographic copies of the plates and transcriptions and
photographic copies of the text.
Box 284-285 Apparatus Scriptorum ad Opus Wilhelmi Zahn, Die schönsten Ornamente aus
Pompeji, Herkulaneum und Stabiae curante H.B. Vander Poel Roma MCMLXIV,
1963-1964
Box 284, Folder 1 Introduction, 1963-1964
Box 284, Folder
2-3
Box 284, Folder
4-5
Box 285, Folder
1-2
Physical Description: 4 leaves
Volume I, 1964
Physical Description: 95 leaves with 59 black-and-white and 26 color
photographs attached
Scope and Content Note
Cataloging sheets, most with photographs attached, identifying plates in Zahn and
providing information on original location and bibliographic references.
Volume II, 1964
Physical Description: 86 leaves
Scope and Content Note
Cataloging sheets identifying plates in Zahn and providing information on original
location and bibliographic references. These sheets once had photographs
attached, but they were removed at some point.
Volume III, 1964
Physical Description: 98 leaves
Scope and Content Note
Box 285, Folder 3 Proofs for title page, 1964
Box 286-288, 592,
598
Cataloging sheets identifying plates in Zahn and providing information on original
location and bibliographic references. These sheets once had photographs
attached, but they were removed at some point.
Physical Description: 19 leaves
Research materials for Zahn plates, 1828-1859, 1964
Scope and Content Note
See also Boxes 592 and 598.
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